Network Architect

East Greenbush, NY

Full-time

Company Description

Life at nfrastructure

At nfrastructure, we understand that our success results from our diverse workforce. In every nfrastructure office, you will find challenging projects and smart people with the potential to wow our customers. nfrastructure team members relish the freedom and support they receive to help our customers solve their most challenging problems and create the next generation of dynamic infrastructure solutions in an environment designed to foster collaboration, creativity, excitement and success.

The area: Technical Staffing

At nfrastructure, we organize and change around our customers. nfrastructure’ s Technical Staffing team embodies that pursuit. We are devoted to helping our clients find relevant solutions that meet their changing needs and to consistently exceed their expectations. In every customer location, you will find challenging projects and the opportunity to improve the way that they do business. nfrastructure will continuously develop our services platform by hiring the most talented IT professionals to support our customers. So if you are proactive, motivated, organized, responsible – and able to work well in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment, Technical Staffing may be the right place for you.

Job Description

The role: Network Architect

As a Network Architect, you will interpret business requirements into technical network solutions framework and provide technology roadmaps governed by strategic direction, business requirements as well as resourcing and financial constraints. You will also work with enterprise, server and applications architects to ensure alignment across technology portfolios. This role will custodian of the architecture process that interfaces with project and program managers to provide direction on scope and network solutions.

Responsibilities:

Work closely with project managers and directors as well as clients to develop IT solutions

Assist in approximating scope and cost of projects

Provide technical direction and frameworks to meet business needs

Create presentations/solutions and articulate to project managers and executives

Produce technically superior solutions architecture that is aligned to business needs and direction

Qualifications

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Network Engineering, Information Technology, or related field

10 years of experience in a Networking and Engineering environment at least 5 of those years in a design phase setting.

Experience working on a project team as the Network SME, designing, implementing, and managing network

Superior strategic planning and problem solving skills

Proven record of innovative thinking and solutions

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Demonstrated knowledge of a wide variety of network solutions, standards and protocols